TalkBacks -- 11/12/25

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Go and grab your phone and record a message.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Just hit that microphone. Please keep it clean and don't
mean and those sprinkle sprinkle drip drip drips. It's a
time for talkbacks.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
It's suck favorite party since e three sixty, Austin, buddy,
play those.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
Tuk backs on your screen and please drive out to
sabotage it.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
All right, Look, we don't do the sabotaging thing. It's
just you leave the talkback. We're gonna play it. I
also have learned via social media that, uh, we have
a first time talkback today at some point.

Speaker 4 (00:37):
Oh yeah, I did did you see that? I believe
our guy Quinn tweeted at him. Yeah, is that right? Yeah, okay, okay,
I'm going to.

Speaker 5 (00:44):
Be read Austin Ellmore taking off collars happens here on
Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
That's right heavy. Let me tell you what. If you're
listening to Mike, I welcome your phone calls. I do too.
I would love to hear from you, Mike Litten.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
Mike has gotten hours and hours of airtime on this station,
and he gets criticized once and he gives up.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Not a big fan.

Speaker 6 (01:13):
Hey guys, it's Jeff Happy Wednesday. So the Bearcats did
what they needed to do last night. However, the turnovers,
twenty four of them is just too much. I get
that they're trying to run, they just seem like they
were a little bit off. So hopefully they get that

(01:35):
fixed before next Friday, because I watched part of the
Louisville game last night and they look scary good.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah, man, Louisville looks good. Louisville is a good basketball team,
and that it'll be interesting next Friday, but it's been
a game. That type of game next Friday is what
people have been clamoring that west Miller eventually needs to win. Man,
what a great win by UC you last night.

Speaker 7 (01:58):
I don't care if Dayton's not power or not. They play,
you see tough every time they play, and to have
twenty four turnovers and still.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Win by double digits, that's impressive.

Speaker 7 (02:07):
We got some talent now on this squall a bias
a dog. I like Kirk Chris even with them turnovers,
and day they was silk down the stretch with that
free throw. I'm born to the crosshouse shootout and I'm
super stroked about that. And let's steal that then, you
on Sunday. Then tickets are shape.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Come on, come on Mount Saint Mary's.

Speaker 8 (02:30):
Greg Sharonville, Hey, Tony, I was at the game last night.
Early prediction for the shootout you see seventy x fifty eight,
it's over, Okay.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Would Xavier fans take a twelve point loss right now?

Speaker 4 (02:47):
I'd say forty eight, More like forty eight. Seventy to
forty eight.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Timer. Hey, guys, and I out on the portals and
making college basketball really difficult to figure out. I've watched
the bear cast three times and I still can get
it real them. And I think that was a good
Dayton team last night.

Speaker 9 (03:03):
Either I'm happy for Kelsey, but the Bearcats step up
their game, or I think Lego's gonna kick their butt.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Okay, thank you. I think that's fair. Thank you, Damy Audi.

Speaker 10 (03:16):
This is Wayne from Oakley. I'm tinnd about turbulence for
a moment. I thought last night Cincinnati versus Dayton game
and more turbulence with MONI cows called on both sides. Yeah,
and I was gonna say that was more rough than

(03:37):
that flight I just took to Denver.

Speaker 4 (03:39):
Let me say this, you start flying out to Denver
or Arizona, that type area.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Do you get a little turbulent now I mentioned a
couple of weeks ago. I don't know how more people
stay calm or I don't know how more people don't
freak out with turbulence. I am terrified of turbulence. I
immediately anytime the plane starts shaking, I look around me
to see if anyone else is panicking, And then I fly.
I look at the flight attendants. Are they operating like normal?

(04:05):
Are they buckling into and if they're buckling in more
in trouble.

Speaker 4 (04:08):
I mean to be honest with you, Whenever I get
on a plane, as we're pulling onto the runway to
take off, that's when I make my peace with the Lord.
And it's like, I know, if this thing goes up,
there's a chance I'm not gonna come back. So whenever
we hit turbulence, I'm just like, all right, well here we.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Go, have already made my peace. Yeah. This is one
other thing, the inability one I think you see subs
a ton. We've talked about that before. Forty nine fouls called.
It was impossible for either team to find any sort
of rhythm last night. Referees remain terrible.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
Hello, this is former President Ronald Reagan.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, I'm not.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
So sure about Joe Burrow coming back for the Thanksgiving game.
If he were to come back, though, I'd feel more
comfortable and confident with him coming back as a defensive
back rather than a quarterback. I mean, he's got to
be a better tackler than what we've got back there
right now.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
Hmm. Maybe Gary del High.

Speaker 11 (05:12):
Hey, shout out to Shamar Stewart. Happy birthday today, Bud.
Question of the day, is smart Stewart gonna have more
birthdays this year and more sacks this year? Was a
betting man, I'd say probably more birthdays, unfortunately. My other
point is the Bengals need to start drafting guys that
produced at a college level, because a couple of years

(05:33):
in a row they've bought guys that look great on
paper but don't put up good stats.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Miles Murphy Schamar bad picksan play like James put it
on the pole.

Speaker 3 (05:46):
A thousand times? Is it me looking for I can
save a line, I can hear the crowd roun.

Speaker 12 (06:03):
Bet.

Speaker 13 (06:04):
I gotta tell.

Speaker 5 (06:05):
You wee.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
Afford you Wow.

Speaker 4 (06:14):
Wow, I'm gonna I'm gonna play that again. Please, just
listen closely to what you man.

Speaker 3 (06:22):
In my dreams, you'r fed home runs a thousand times?

Speaker 9 (06:30):
Oh is it me on looking for I can say
that's out of line. I can hear the crowd roun.

Speaker 14 (06:43):
Bet.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
I gotta tell.

Speaker 5 (06:45):
You wee.

Speaker 3 (06:48):
Afford you Gow.

Speaker 4 (06:53):
God bless Kyle Schwarber. I'm tell you what, God bless
dj Mitlance mcows Gosh, that's good.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Going. Hey, Nancy's asking and asking how many weeks Joe
Burrow has missed, and I told her six seven.

Speaker 15 (07:13):
You see what this Borrows is done to us fans.
You got people calling in and saying, no, I don't
think that miraculous, impossible date of Thanksgiving. I think he's
going to be back next week.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
I mean, our fan we're like a bunch of abused
dogs that have been you know, abused by our owner
for two years straight.

Speaker 15 (07:35):
Every day still hoping and thinking he's gonna come home
with a tree, and then nope, comes home and smacks
is again.

Speaker 2 (07:45):
And I know I get it.

Speaker 4 (07:47):
A lot of it is We're done.

Speaker 16 (07:52):
Tredy Austin George from Vtown. Hey, Tony man, that that
game was so sloppy last night. Only reason you see
wins that game is because Ud was what two for
like twenty four from three point late. I mean, you
see is not I mean, I don't know who your
point guard is. If you want to call Day Day
your point guard, I mean, that's a it's a sad

(08:13):
thing coming man. He's never gonna hid the b all the.

Speaker 1 (08:15):
Way he needs to.

Speaker 16 (08:16):
That game, you should have won that game. Later in
this season, they would win that game.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
Well, they didn't win the game. Oh you s won
the game. That's like a hypothetical SEC fan And at
the end of the day, that's all it matters.

Speaker 16 (08:27):
I'll just listen to you talk about this. Tony Benna
is not our best player and Jay you know I'm not.
I'm not gonna give you names. I'm just gonna give
you numbers we're missing. Our best player is Adam and
Jay is number five. He will be back, and when
he is back, he's our best player.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Again, I'm not gonna give you a player name. He
was out last night.

Speaker 16 (08:47):
Number seven is our best player on the team, Well,
he's I don't know how to You don't watch enough
UD basketball to tell us who the best player on.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
The team is. Well, Conte Jones had seven points last
night and took eight shots.

Speaker 4 (09:00):
You don't watch enough basketball to tell us who the
best player on the team is. George doesn't even know
their name. No, he couldn't pronounce the name, so he
just gave me numbers.

Speaker 2 (09:08):
Idiot. Javon Bennett has been at Dayton. I believe it's
his third or fourth year. And believe it or not,
I've watched a lot of Dayton over the past couple
of years for different reasons, but I've watched a lot
of the Dayton Flyers play. I think Javon Bennet's a
good player. He everges sixteen points, that is sixteen points

(09:30):
a game. Good, Yeah, I think so? Okay, well, yeah,
weges sixteen points a game and he plays thirty four
minutes a game. I think he's one of their better players.
And again, my point of view is that point guards
usually make the team go, so you need a good
guard in order to make things happen. Javon Bennett plays guard.

(09:51):
I think he's one of their better players. My apologies
number seven, Yeah, what are you apologizing? Well, I if
he would have pronounced the names. He also said a
player that's not even playing yet, so he's not the
best player on the court doesn't count. Yeah, it doesn't
count playing, it doesn't count. Your best ability is your availability?
Yeah it's number seven.

Speaker 17 (10:11):
And then someone touch base on the UC game last night.
All the turnovers were just lazy perimeter turnovers. There was
a couple end of the game where curve was getting cute.
But I want to talk about the free throw shooting.
It seems to me that may be one of the
reasons why players nowadays is is they can't tune out
the noise used to wearing earbuds and headphones when they're practicing,

(10:32):
and I don't think so some daily life and they
just can't turn everything off and just contraree on focused.

Speaker 2 (10:38):
On free throws.

Speaker 4 (10:40):
Okay, so maybe maybe the headphones we're seeing at UC
practice where guys were wearing.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
Head I think the headphones are to blame. Listen, I'm
not It's not a national thing because I watch basketball
teams make free throws every night of the week. They
just don't make him here in Cincinnati. I don't know.
If it's not value. I will say this something to
do with the climate. I got in the car last
night this is New Arena, got in the car and

(11:05):
I'm listening to Dan Horde and Steve Logan talked to
Wes Miller, and as they're talking, Seana Bive with fans
still in the stands, is out on the court working
on his foul shots after a game, back out there
working on free throws. At least I respect that side. Now.
Wes Miller was asked about that and he said, that's good.

(11:26):
I wish he was out here working on his defensive
slides a little bit, but nonetheless, at least he was
out there practicing without head frond. I'd like to see
the Reds books.

Speaker 14 (11:36):
I want to see their profit margins, and then I
want them to explain to me why this payroll is
roughly the same as it was last season. Secondly, if
you're Zach Taylor and his Beangles offense going into this Sunday,
you've got to take every single offensive snap down to
the last second. You got to keep that defense off
the field. That's one way to do it. Clock management.

(11:57):
If you can score at will keep your d off
and snapped that ball with one second.

Speaker 5 (12:02):
Okay, I'll listen to the end of the Kentucky Louisville
game last night.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
I need to hear Jack g. S.

Speaker 5 (12:11):
Gibbings fifty years later, still rocking with Kentucky, the six
foot seven thing.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
That's that's why I ever in my head. I tell
you I'm over. I think it helps the South.

Speaker 5 (12:24):
Flacca has played the Steelers a million times, but he
can't tackle. If I was the Steelers, I just did
three tight ends.

Speaker 18 (12:31):
Hands cat started repping the city out here, and somebody
hot onody.

Speaker 2 (12:40):
Man, what did I watch last night? Twenty four turnovers?

Speaker 12 (12:43):
Man?

Speaker 18 (12:43):
You press you see they're gonna turn the ball over.

Speaker 2 (12:46):
We got a problem.

Speaker 18 (12:47):
I was watching Louisville game and watching UC's game, comparing
back and forth styles. Did not like what I see.
Louisville terrifies me. Man, Bob Bob Miller disappeared, dude, real talk.
We need to step up. We need an alpha now,
you see better figure a way to win this game.
And uh, Tony ice Man.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
Calling you out. He wants to win. The show was good.
I got caught out. I get caught out again. Yeah,
I mean, who knows, you probably get fired again.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
I can't do anything these days that I'll get in trouble.

Speaker 19 (13:16):
Ah energy, how are we here? But how captain my captain?
The return of Joe Burrow. What kind of illegal stem
cell Frankenstein's monster is going on here? I like to know, Ah,
just hit a voter or something?

Speaker 2 (13:34):
What was that?

Speaker 19 (13:36):
Anyways, welcome back, captain.

Speaker 2 (13:38):
We'll see you soon. Thank you. Did he get in
touch with that dude with that laser? That might have
been what happened? Oh my god.

Speaker 20 (13:47):
Bianna here in Naples, Florida. Hey, Ben, I'm excited with
the Joe Burrow news as everybody else is. I'm also
real on the fact that it's too little, too late
most likely. But you know, I was thinking, I believe
Joe as the longest active winning streak of any quarterback
right now, injury aside, doesn't he? Yeah, so, hey, gotta

(14:08):
lose one first, right, of course, gotta win the next two, Okay.

Speaker 4 (14:13):
I believe that would be seven straight games started by
Joe Burrow's results from the Bengel victory.

Speaker 15 (14:18):
It's the Lord. It's pretty interesting. Around the same time,
Joe Burrow has his twenty one day window open, so
does the scene. Watson at the Cleveland Browns has his
twenty one day window open.

Speaker 2 (14:32):
It's the scene.

Speaker 15 (14:33):
Does he have any chance of playing again?

Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yes? If his windows Albany does. Yes, he does.

Speaker 4 (14:38):
He absolutely does have a chance of playing again. By
the way, quick up day from Baltimore. Lamar Jackson not
practicing today. Took some hard hits towards the end of
that game against Minnesota. The injury report came out late,
comes out later this afternoon, but noteworthy, Lamar Jackson not
practicing today. Nor are starting wide receiver Rashad Bateman, running

(15:02):
back Justice Hill, cornerback Marlin Humphrey. So the Raven's dealing
with some injuries.

Speaker 12 (15:11):
Boy, hellong tam talk. I was listening yesterday you guys
talking about old Joey Burrows coming back in his crystals.
You know, back in my day, my swampbusters were called
Black Peggy and Margaret, names like that. I never had
a crystal.

Speaker 2 (15:37):
That's incredible.

Speaker 13 (15:40):
Often, but I listen every day and I look forward
to Mike. I love you, man and Mom. Appreciate your service,
and I really do appreciate your uh, your outlook on
the sports. Whether it's local or LA, it doesn't matter.
And if anybody has a problem with it, who cares?

Speaker 2 (16:01):
Amen? That's right. Amen.

Speaker 11 (16:04):
Hello, this is James in an unincorporated Butler County, Austin.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
You need to apologize. Why would you do this to Mike?
I mean, walk me through the whole thing. I need
to understand what happened.

Speaker 6 (16:21):
I mean, do you realize that this man is in hospice,
not hospitality room.

Speaker 11 (16:26):
I know you, you radio types. You enjoy the hospitality
room and all the sporting events.

Speaker 4 (16:31):
That's not what we're talking about. Mike came in, he
made a phone call. It was fine. I later on said,
wasn't his best. He called in and told me to
if you dictate what I get to talk about, you
can kiss my butt and then hung up. So that's
the last time I talked.

Speaker 2 (16:48):
Though. It was nothing mean, it was nothing egregious. It
was like the one that gets I feel like it
affects me the most. It was a difference in opinion.
I enjoy talking to Mike. I do too.

Speaker 17 (17:00):
Hey, guys, TJ east Side Austin question, why do you
also find it so funny when somebody calls somebody.

Speaker 2 (17:06):
Else bud, like happy birthday, bud. Bud is a great
term for chief anything like that.

Speaker 17 (17:13):
But I'm curious why because they're not like personally friends
with them.

Speaker 20 (17:16):
What's up with laughing about the word.

Speaker 2 (17:18):
But it's it's one of the things I to get
get Austin through early on. Yeah, because in my circle
of life, but is a term of endearment, right, and
you weren't used to that early on.

Speaker 4 (17:32):
Correct, So quite frankly, I don't like the term bud.
I don't like being called bud. I see it as
a derogatory term. I see it, especially when it's comes
from somebody that you don't respect. I don't like it,
and so I've always seen it as like a little

(17:52):
demeaning towards someone. Okay, now that being said, the Pike
family has taught me their version of bud is the
exact opposite. Yea, it is very so like Big Steve
is the He's the all time greatest at this Tony like,

(18:17):
those people are fine. And I really don't mind being
called bud from people that I respect. But if you
call me Bud or buddy and I don't respect you,
I will normally nip that.

Speaker 2 (18:28):
In the bud.

Speaker 21 (18:29):
Hey, Joe from Casey here, I went to a UD,
graduated in two thousand as they around the same time
as Mo. There's this guy on our team. He's got
dark hair, he's pretty tall, big hands, He's by far
our best player. For you to think it's anybody.

Speaker 2 (18:45):
Else, that's good.

Speaker 11 (18:51):
You know.

Speaker 22 (18:51):
I was always under the impression that the great Miami
River ran through Dayton, But apparently it's denial.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
Wow, but I'm wow.

Speaker 13 (19:05):
If Austin Elmore got rid of Mike, we needed to
get rid of Austin Anymore.

Speaker 4 (19:11):
Well, you might have to wait that long. Uh, Mike
got rid of himself. I am not Mike. Mike is
not banned. Mike chose to walk away. He's welcome here anytime.
You'd welcome Mike's call today. Absolutely, I said that multiple times.
That's it. So that's one, all right.

Speaker 11 (19:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (19:27):
I always love the point of talkbacks where you get
that you you can sense where people are responding to
other talkbacks they heard yes, which was like those last
couple there with George not one guy.

Speaker 4 (19:39):
Not counting down the days to Ohio State Michigan.

Speaker 2 (19:42):
You know that he's not you know, he's hurt, he's
not playing. He doesn't want to even go into names,
but he'll just give the numbers on the scouting report.

Speaker 4 (19:49):
I mean, you got to understand if you're George, how
that makes you look. You don't have to submit the
talkback once you record it.

Speaker 2 (19:56):
That's right.

Speaker 4 (19:56):
You could say, all right, hold on, what are these guys' names.
You can do the research, but it just makes you
look scupid by the way that that guy. And then
it's three games in that Keyante Jones number seven going
into George. You don't have to say his name.

Speaker 2 (20:11):
He averages eight points seven points a game. The leading
scorer through three games for the Dayton Flyers is Javon Bennett.
Bennett for the Flyers, just to get that out there,
he leads the team in minutes played, in points per game,
and assists per game and he's the starting point guard.

(20:32):
That tells me he's one of the better players on
the team. There you go. AnyWho. Football in the NATI
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Speaker 22 (20:45):
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Speaker 2 (20:55):
This is what